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Larry T. Spider

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  1. If we send the entire class home then the teacher can teach remotely. We just won’t ask them to do both at the same time. The teacher can still come to work if vaccinated and not showing any symptoms. As students get vaccinated, they will be able to stay as well. I have a lot of students starting the year in quarantine.
  2. Has to be that way. There’s no way to effectively contact trace for 20 elementary students that have been in the same room for 8 hours. It’s going to happen early and often. Telling my teachers that they have to be prepared to go remote within 24 hours.
  3. You seem sensitive. Maybe try a board that’s less….surly.
  4. I’m not a group of people and I’ve never tried to keep people on here from using that language.
  5. Abbott is most definitely not a grandstander.
  6. In most of those cases we have backup plans ready to go to keep the place running. People from central office or other schools can shift over. Classes quarantining will be a thing but I don’t think we will see widespread staff issues. In many cases the class will have to quarantine but the teacher won’t, if vaccinated.
  7. Terrible time to have a non-covid related medical emergency. The list of shit that could go wrong is never ending in this situation. People over 12 that aren’t vaxed and get covid should be diverted to the tent hospitals unless they have a damn good reason for not getting it.
  8. Although less traumatic with life and death situations, we are seeing the same staff situation in education. Tons of teachers with enough years to retire walked away last year. Others, with options to do something else, left the field. We are now seeing desirable schools that typically have 100 applicants per job with open positions right now. Lots of classes starting with subs this year. Some of the tougher to staff schools are starting with 5+ vacancies.
  9. Per Alex Caprariello on twitter BREAKING: @AustinISD has called a special board meeting for Monday for a presentation on COVID-19 safety protocols. Houston ISD's Superintendent said yesterday he would defy Texas Governor Abbott's order and bring a mask mandate to his board for approval next week👀
  10. Ha! Hadn’t heard that since I worked in the barrio.
  11. Yep, we notify but do not force anybody to go home. It’s considered a nuisance, not a health condition. Try convincing the moms of girls of that…
  12. AISD is contact tracing and sending home kids. We hired outside counsel and are fighting the state on that one. Nothing we can do about masks, obviously. I considered the temp checks ineffective so I’m glad to see those go.
  13. Haven’t been to batch but I did make it to oddwood right before covid hit. It was pretty good and I need to get back.
  14. I would agree with all of that.
  15. Pretty sure my wife just forwards her paycheck to them. I think it’s a solid mix of good food, good atmosphere, and busy without being too packed.
  16. Sounds like compadre in the pville area might be close to OP. I’ve tried to like 4th tap but just can’t. In that area is hop squad, celis, adelberts, circle, abw, Oskar blues, etc. A little more central is brewtorium and oddwood ales. East side has Lazarus and blue owl. Most of the south ones I like have already been mentioned. Hard to beat a nice day at live oak or abgb. The people that own nomadic are cool.
  17. We will use the federal relief funds for this but they weren’t really designed to cover this cost. They were meant to support in person instruction and repay a ton of costs we incurred last year. You are correct in hoping that TEA will come to their senses and repay at least a portion of this. If it happens, it will be because enough other, more favorable, districts offer virtual.
  18. Thanks for the help. Does putting more than 25% help your rate any or is that the best it gets?
  19. I honestly don’t waste my time with that shit. I could just read Texags. The virtual option is the right choice for those families that really need it. It’s unfortunate because it’s going to put the district many millions of dollars in the hole. We are already operating with a 43 million dollar budget deficit. If 5,000 students go virtual for one semester, that is 22.5 million in funding gone. Long term, it might be better to keep them connected to the district, so we pay the price right now…. Virtual won’t be run by the school so it won’t impact the quality of education for those attending in person. We do not know about the health and safety protocols yet but should within a week.
  20. If I was looking to buy a 200k rental property, what am I looking at for a down payment? I have always assumed 20-25% but figured I would ask the experts. If it matters, I still have a mortgage on my primary residence. Owe 150 on a 550-600k house. Edit: would be looking at a SFH or duplex. Not sure if those are done differently.
  21. My friend has her mom in one in a small town that is hard to staff. Lots of unvaxed idiot employees. She looked at moving her to a better place but it more than her entire paycheck. It’s insanity.
  22. From my understanding, they are following the law. No forced quarantines, no matter how reasonable. I would expect the same from almost every district.
  23. I was told there would be no math.
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